Shari’ah-Compliant insurance companies Dar Al Takaful (“DAT”) and National Takaful Company (“Watania”) have completed their merger effective on 01 July 2022 pursuant to the merger plan announced on 3 March 2022. As part of the merger completion process, trading in Watania shares on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has ceased as of the closing of […]
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain Bourse and ADX launch Tabadul Exchange Hub
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) have launched the GCC’s first digital exchange hub – Tabadul. The exchanges commemorated this landmark achievement towards the launch of Tabadul with an official
Deal & transactions
Energy & Trading
Other
Siemens Energy to build a stable energy infrastructure in Yemen
Siemens Energy and the Republic of Yemen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) for the re-electrification of the country. The MoU focuses on the essential elements of the electrification of Yemen. This includes the
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
United Arab Emirates
Emirates NBD Group and BNY Mellon announce strategic alliance
Global investment company, BNY Mellon and Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region, have entered a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the growth
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TMT
United Arab Emirates
AIQ and MBZUAI collaborate to energize research into AI technologies
AIQ, a joint venture between ADNOC and G42, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) related to joint research into AI related technologies with an emphasis
Deal & transactions
Egypt
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
AlQamzi Developments to inject EGP14bn investments in Egypt
AlQamzi Developments has unveiled its strategic expansion plan in the Egyptian market, saying that it will inject investments worth EGP14bn in the span of four years. Yasser Zidan the Egyptian partner and executive
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Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences
United Arab Emirates
GluCare.Health partners with Novo Nordisk on its weight management pilot
GluCare.Health, a hybrid digital therapeutics company focused on diabetes, have signed a partnership agreement to launch a value-based weight management pilot with Danish multinational pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk. Set to begin in September 2022, the
e& enterprise, part of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), and Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, have entered into a definitive agreement to launch the region’s first AI Centre of
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Egypt
Energy & Trading
Siemens Energy with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co in a EGP37m
Siemens Energy and Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company have entered into a long-term partnership for the expansion of Suez transformer station. The project cost is approximately EGP 37 million (EUR 1.87 million) + EUR 6 million as a discount
Deal & transactions
Oil & Gas
United Arab Emirates
TAQA and ADNOC come together to acquire Masdar stake from Mubadala
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Mubadala Investment Company have entered into binding agreements for TAQA and ADNOC to purchase stakes in Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
